Telegram-herald., 1887-08-30
MICHIGAN SOLDIERS HOME.
something OF the Management As seen by
AuExiunnf.

souotiAio< Ot TIE d ana snent As Seen H.
An Ex-Inmsts.
To ths Ed-.Sz o. the TELEakAA- HEEALD.
Because 1 dstest oppression. IL aslice and
sa.sehood, AMI because love liberty. equity
and truth. feel called upon 70 answer
aoms Of the many inquiries and speculs-
tons tnAt are now agiiEting the public
mind. and. from q conservative standpoint
% explain some Of the inside workings OF
the management Of the a0oYe-named insti-
tuition. That there is = general demand for
the Kind Of information that / AN able to
give, l sm faliy Justified in believing. by
the many questions that are every day
asked NE concerning the Home, and es-
pecizlly about the true iuwsrdness of the
msny discharges that are pretended TO have
ossn based upon the scientific decisions
that have been made by the orthodox med
ical board lately in session AZ the Home.
In view OF the fact that scores
Of old. worn out aad in many cases manned
and feeble men are being sent out broad
cast as it we're all over our fair State with
cut where TO lay their heads and whom
very lew will eaploy a. any price, IS it any
wonder that people atop rs 70 ask why ls all
tais9 What was our Home" built for if
not for Just such men 50 you are, and for
whose beaefit should It be managed?
IL Is for the purpose of answering these
questions. Mr.. Editor, that | come 10 YOU
and ask for room in the most conservative
and widely circulated journal published in
Western Michigan.
My motives are 10 crafty an inouiring
public and 20 further the best interests OF
this so-cailed Home for the wounded sol
der
I viii not deny that feel and kesnly
100. the wrong that has been done and the
indiznity that has been hezped upon me oy
the seton OF this board and the manage
ment-but OF this IN later article.
| wish now 10 saw that despite all this
ill-treaImen. my motive in writing
these articles Is not 10 wreak ven
g.snce, out rather 10 ward off
dangers from the poor comrades who
are 70 come after me, and 10 enlighten a
much hood d~inked publc--in finely
truthful exposure 70 prevent the recurrence
OF such wrongs as il has been my fortune TO
experience Ct hands OF cormorsnts, aud
gTays roooers.
You will observe that do not use the
word iassfortune in the last sentence and
that I regard that as a dsbsiabfs question,
for feel much as did Cataline when ban
ished from Rome thank you for. il; il
sets me free
OF my own volition. therefore, | shall
never again become an inmate OF the NJ
) Home under lis present management.
Permit me also % add that although never
approved Of the building OF this home,
never have and never will say one word
That I believed would initiate against It's
best interests. or that offs inmates.
OF ali the letters that have hitherto been
rritien concerning this matter. few. If anY,
have ri,en above mere personalities and
mud Singing. All o. this shall eadeavor 10
avoid s.vs where persopslities ara uuavoieia-
bis in the cause Of justice and truth. and shall
coDEne myself strictly 10 statements of fact
OF which / challenge investigation.
Ny facilities for observation and for the
gathering Of lnfOrnstion consist N the fact
that have been al inmate Of the Home for
nearly two years and have during much Of
that time acted in the capacity OF a sergeant
In charge OF two OF the temporary Homes.
and tor n short time as door sergeant in the
new Home.
Politically. ! am a independent, in
religion. an sgnostic, aud IN matters Of
uleaicine. = ousck according 70 the old
school Of regular Killers '1l
I wonder II ths fact that an the dls-
corersr and proprietor OF = help all and hurt
none remedy known a. st George .Oil'
bad anything to 10 with the decision OF this
scientific board Of regular quscks in
which they claimed that with nv left band
only. I wss physically able 70 earn my liz
ing. OF al this, however. I vii treat in
= stsr article. Ny readers will please 70
observe that the publications set forth in
the above. IN connection With nv ste ex-
periencs. peculiarly n ne for a conservs-
tie critiCs sui OF shis whole home business
And now Mr.. Tor ana my readers i'll
have seemed too pr0ir in only lavine IN,
mere groundwork Of my plans in mr. frst
article. I w0uid ask yOu 20 remember that
any 100 vel begun IS half ended" " and
will assure you thst in the future yon
shsl have no Just reason % fud fault With
my want Of iirsctness.
one thiug n0Fs snd 7 have done With
article No. i.
Il I ase TIE urst person siagui.r more
thar - you seems modest IN me. please to
baiieve thst &c Is not because 81 nv over
evonsni out that it = born of toe necsSsi-
res of tais cass For myself neither
i0ve nor iesr thesa people J arr criticiziux
bu- hat Is not The csse WITH most of the
other poor fsii0vs thst hsve been dis
charged TheY DO net iovs. bar thev
a iszT these 81 rants. ard. as uaur of thef,a
wii have - come back agSiu xiihin fsv
DAYS OF fsv weeks. t would nor pe manly
n me o. conraie hke - use her rsn-e- rr
csses g. rhsir preirdice b@fars fhe news~s
that - ~ their DESTINY.
If any of nv readers douht that such =
retgn et lerrsr Of a dischsrzs extsts il ~.
mind Of most of Sse inmates. / ra6sr him
so he frsf one Of t0em that ~ meets who
is possessed Of tas most eoum mon fatelIi-
gsnce. Besides ths my 6~n case e = far
we hv ~hlcb 60 iadEs ssd craerse these
fellows hoto oi TIE ocard sri maaaesursnx
Mere a1on. fiEnsss ~ DsvKsFas7.
GaEai-St-